Jean-Louis Burnouf

Jean-Louis Burnouf (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi byʁnuf]; 14 September 1775, in Urville, Manche – 8 May 1844) was a French philologist and translator.

The son of a poor

in 1836.

Jean Louis Burnouf wrote several translations of Latin authors :

's French version of the Yadjanadatta Badha (Sanskrit: Yadjnadatta Vadha, Killing of Yadjnadatta).

Burnouf was an early student of Sanskrit, which he studied under Alexander Hamilton. His son was Eugène Burnouf, and his great-nephew was Émile-Louis Burnouf, both scholars of Indian civilizations. He died aged 68.

Publications

• Méthode pour étudier la langue grecque (1813–1814)
• Premiers principes de la grammaire grecque
• Méthode pour étudier la langue latine (1840–1841)
• Souvenirs de jeunesse, 1792-1796 (1888)

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